Download or read book The Essential Intensivist Bronchoscopist written by Septimiu Murgu and published by Rake Press. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Intensivist Bronchoscopist is specially designed for physicians, medical students, respiratory therapists, and nurses who work with critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit. The Essential Intensivist Bronchoscopist contains 120 multiple choice question/answer sets with detailed explanations and illustrations to help learners become competent bronchoscopists and bronchoscopy assistants. Topics include indications and complications of flexible bronchoscopy in the ICU, percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy, moderate sedation and anesthesia, bronchoscopy in burn, inhalation injury, and trauma victims, bronchoscopy in patients with pulmonary infiltrates, airway bleeding, central airway obstruction, and hypoxemia, difficult airway management, bronchoscopic intubation, and endobronchial valve insertion for patients with advanced emphysema or pneumothorax. Written and peer-reviewed by some of the world's experts in bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology, The Essential Intensivist Bronchoscopist is officially endorsed by numerous national and international medical societies, and is part of the World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology's (WABIP) highly acclaimed Bronchoscopy Education Project.
Download or read book Introduction to Bronchoscopy written by Armin Ernst and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and unique review of the bronchoscopy, equipment and quality improvement fundamentals.
Download or read book The Essential Flexible Bronchoscopist written by Henri Colt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Flexible Bronchoscopist is comprised of six multiple choice question/answer self-learning modules (186 total questions and answers) dedicated to flexible bronchoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure used to examine the larynx, tracheal and bronchial tree. Each module also contains numerous a list of module-specific competency-based learning objectives and a ten question post-test addressing fundamentals of flexible bronchoscopy. This novel text and well-illustrated contains information pertaining to topics such as anatomy and airway abnormalities, patient preparation, indications, contraindications and complications, techniques and solutions to technical problems, lung cancer and infections, bronchoalveolar lavage, lung biopsy techniques, therapeutic and interventional bronchoscopy, anesthesia and medications, equipment and its maintenance, infection control, images of specific airway disease abnormalities, as well as bronchoscopy history and education. The Essential Flexible Bronchoscopist provides educators, program directors, medical practitioners, and physicians in-training with an in-depth, readily accessible and readable competency-oriented tool that enhances progress along the learning curve from novice to competent practitioner. Since the first edition of this volume, The Essential Flexible Bronchoscopist has been translated into thirteen languages, and is recognized around the world as an essential training resource in pulmonary/critical care medicine and interventional pulmonology.
Download or read book The Essential EBUS Brochoscopist written by Septimiu Murgu MD and published by Henri Colt. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential EBUS Bronchoscopist(c) contains a specific competency-oriented list of learning objectives and thirty multiple choice question/answer sets. Information pertains to major topics related to endobronchial ultrasound and EBUS-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, including ultrasound physics, mediastinal anatomy, patient preparation, indications contraindications and complications, bronchoscopic technique, image acquisition, radiographic interpretation and ultrasound image pattern recognition, equipment malfunction and troubleshooting, nodal sampling strategies, specimen collection, and expected results for diagnosing and staging lung cancer and other disorders involving the mediastinum. This module pertains only to convex-probe EBUS and does not cover in detail radial-probe based interventions. As for volume 1 in the Bronchoscopy Education Project series, The Essential Bronchoscopist, the aim of The Essential EBUS Bronchoscopist(c) is to enhance the learner's progress along the learning curve from novice to competent practitioner.
Download or read book Bronchoscopy in ICU written by Manoj K Goel and published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salient Features: - The book `Bronchoscopy in ICU' provides a state-of-the-art detailed descriptions of bronchoscopic procedures depicting a variety of bronchoscopy findings. - Introductory chapters provide idea of anatomy of tracheobronchial tree and bronchoscope accessories. - Subsequent chapters provide detailed instructions for performing procedures such as bronchial washing and lavage, handing of bronchoscope, bronchoscopy assisted by noninvasive ventilation, and bronchoscopy during mechanical ventilation. - Pediatric bronchoscopy in ICU is a highlighting feature of the book. - The book is a ready reckoner as it provides step-by-step descriptions and abundant illustrations. - The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date content for intensivists, pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, surgeons and postgraduate students.
Download or read book Atlas of Critical Care Procedures written by Demetrios Demetriades and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas is designed to provide an all-inclusive resource that describes step by step how to perform the essential bedside procedures required to provide optimal care to the critically ill patient. Detailed descriptions of these procedures, with sequential photographs depicting each critical step, provide an in depth understanding of the anatomy, critical technical steps and common pitfalls to both military and civilian trainees. For the advanced professional operator, this atlas will provide a rapid refresher of the critical steps and is an excellent teaching resource, based on the decades of collective experience accumulated by the authors. The top quality photographs of perfused and ventilated cadavers makes this atlas a standard reference for surgeons, critical care physicians, nurses and all critical care professionals.
Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Critical Care written by Webb and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 1961 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely this text takes a problem-orientated approach providing a key resource for daily clinical issues in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Careprovides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients.
Download or read book Bronchoscopy and Central Airway Disorders E Book written by Henri Colt and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bronchoscopy and Central Airway Disorders provides the guidance you need to plan and implement the most effective bronchoscopy procedure for every patient. Through specifically-designed case scenarios with correlating review questions and videos, this practical respiratory medicine reference leads you through the decision-making process and execution of these sometimes complex procedures, as well as the optimal long-term management of your patients. Master various bronchoscopic approaches and techniques necessary to treat a variety of malignancies that may occur in the trachea or lungs. Consider the rationale and weigh the consequences of each approach. Case resolutions at the end of each chapter --with commentary and alternative approaches from 36 key experts in interventional bronchoscopy -- illustrate the decision-making process from patient evaluation through long-term management. Reinforce learning by correlating key concepts and practice through study questions related to each clinical scenario. See exactly how to proceed with high-quality videos online that capture crucial teaching moments and provide a walkthrough of sometimes complex procedures including the placement of airway stents via bronchoscopy for a variety of diseases and complications, such as airway collapse due to COPD. Systematically think through diagnostic and interventional (therapeutic) bronchoscopic procedures using Dr. Colt’s unique "Four Box" approach: Initial Evaluation; Procedural Techniques and Results; Procedural Strategies; and Long-term Management Plan. Access the full text online at www.expertconsult.com, along with image and video libraries, review questions, and more!
Download or read book Handbook of Evidence Based Critical Care written by Paul Ellis Marik and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and revised edition of the classic bedside pocket reference remains the gold standard in critical care medicine. The new edition maintains Dr. Marik's trademark humor and engaging writing style, while adding numerous references.
Download or read book Flexible Bronchoscopy written by Ko-Pen Wang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fourth edition of the popular Flexible Bronchoscopy, which has been revised and updated throughout, the world's leading specialists discuss the technical and procedural aspects of performing diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy. Four new chapters have been added, taking into account new developments in EBUS and electromagnetic navigation.
Download or read book Critical Care Medicine written by Joseph E. Parrillo and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 4581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here’s the most clinically oriented critical care text focusing on the adult patient. In full-color and superbly illustrated with clinical photographs, imaging studies, and management algorithms, and with a broad multidisciplinary focus, this text will help you enhance your skills at any level of training. Stands alone as a clinically oriented comprehensive reference. Completely updated and authorship expanded to reflect the evolution in critical care practice. In color for the first time, with new color schematics and treatment algorithms for greater ease of reference. Utilizes key points lists at the end of chapter, to help you make decisions rapidly and easily. Delivers key references that list other useful resources for information. Includes these seven new chapters to keep you on the cutting edge of your specialty: Assessment of Cardiac Filling and Blood Flow Mechanical Ventilation of Obstructive Airways Disease Mechanical Ventilation of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Severe Sepsis and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Stroke Delirium, Psychosis, Sleep and Depression in the ICU ICU Education
Download or read book 50 Studies Every Intensivist Should Know written by Edward A. Bittner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title presents key studies that have shaped the practice of critical care medicine. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics including: sedation and analgesia, resuscitation, shock, ARDS, nutrition, renal failure, trauma, infection, diabetes, and physical therapy
Download or read book Paediatric Bronchoscopy written by K.N. Priftis and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth 'state-of-the-art' critical review of the technique and the applications of flexible and rigid bronchoscopy to infants and children. Written by an international panel of experts, it reviews the technical aspects of the procedure, its common and highly specialized applications as well as its potential alternatives. The chapters are enhanced by a wealth of original figures. A major innovation of the book is the inclusion of online videos from actual bronchoscopies that further illustrate and elaborate on the information provided in the text. The book is addressed to paediatric pulmonologists and otorhinolaryngologists, both experienced and in training, as well as to other personnel who are involved in the performance of the procedures. In addition, it is recommended to pulmonologists for adults and general paediatricians who need to be able to evaluate the usefulness of bronchoscopy for their patients and be aware of its limitations and potential contra-indications.
Download or read book Interventional Bronchoscopy written by Atul Mehta and published by Humana. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of interventional bronchoscopy is rapidly expanding and has emerged as a new and exciting subspecialty in pulmonary medicine. To date, the impact of interventional bronchoscopy procedures has been felt in diagnosis, staging, and management of lung cancer, the most lethal cancer worldwide. Interventional Bronchoscopy: A Clinical Guide provides a state-of-the art description of interventional bronchoscopy procedures, addressing the scientific basis, indications, techniques, results, complications, and cost issues. Chapters address the current status, the advantages of new techniques and, most importantly, when to choose new techniques over the existing techniques. Each chapter will discuss the future of these procedures. Interventional Bronchoscopy: A Clinical Guide is an essential resource for a successful interventional pulmonology service and will be useful for the bronchoscopist, anesthesiologist, radiologist, thoracic surgeon and oncologist as well as practicing pulmonologists who do not perform these procedures but have to make decisions regarding appropriate referral of their patients to advanced airway centers.
Download or read book The Essential Ctbna Bronchoscopist written by Henri Colt and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential cTBNA Bronchoscopist contains thirty multiple choice question/answer sets and a twelve question post-test pertaining to conventional transbronchial needle aspiration. This minimally invasive procedure is used to diagnose airway disorders and diseases affecting the mediastinum. These include Sarcoidosis, lung cancer, tuberculosis, lymphoma, and other disorders such as infections or other tumors that spread to the lymph glands or are adjacent to the tracheobronchial tree. Topics include indications, technical pearls, potential complications, expected results, patient, operator and equipment safety, mediastinal and airway anatomy, and how cTBNA is used alongside other bronchoscopic procedures such as biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage, brushing, and EBUS-guided TBNA. This seventy page volume is the third in the Essential Bronchoscopist series of bronchoscopy training manuals offered by Bronchoscopy International, a transnational group of medical educators dedicated to an "education without borders."
Download or read book Clinical Chest Ultrasound written by Christoph T. Bolliger and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pleural effusions, left and right heart dysfunction, mediastinal nodal pathology, and pulmonary embolism are just a few of the many thoracic diseases which can be diagnosed with the help of ultrasound techniques! Chest sonography has become an established procedure in the stepwise imaging diagnosis of pulmonary, cardiac, and pleural disease. It is the method of choice for many diseases and allows the investigator to make an unequivocal diagnosis without exposing the patient to costly and stressful procedures. This book, volume 37 in the well-known Progress in Respiratory Research series, presents the state of the art in clinical chest ultrasonography. As implied by its title, it covers all aspects of ultrasound involving the chest, at the same time differentiating between routine and emergency procedures. Basic elements such as indications, investigational techniques and imaging artifacts are detailed in separate chapters. The large number of excellent illustrations and the compact text provide concise and easy-to-assimilate information about the diagnostic procedure. Apart from the printed still pictures, the book comes with a complimentary online repository containing a variety of key videos. Each chapter presents an autonomous concise overview of indications, methods, diagnoses and pitfalls and can be used as a systematic review. It is written by leading experts as a guide by clinicians for clinicians and is a must for physicians, pulmonologists, intensivists, as well as all doctors with an interest in chest medicine.
Download or read book Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine written by Jose Pablo Díaz-Jimenez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition offers comprehensive coverage of all areas of interventional pulmonology, a minimally invasive endoscopic method for diagnosing and treating lung disorders. The text is divided into eight sections on the major areas of interventional pulmonology, including basic endoscopy, lung cancer staging, and interventional bronschoscopy in asthma and emphysema. Chapters then explore specific procedures and techniques, including medical thoracoscopy, flexible and rigid bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, and electromagnetical navigation with coverage of history, indications and contraindications, and up-to-date evidence-based reviews. In recent years there have been many advances in interventional pulmonology, the most significant relating to lung cancer early diagnosis and late-stage treatment. Two new chapters on lung cancer epidemiologic changes and personalized lung cancer treatment explore new methods for maximizing patient care for an increasingly prevalent disease. This inclusive volume concludes with a look towards the future of interventional pulmonology and experimental techniques currently being tested. Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine, Second Edition, is a must have for pulmonologists, endoscopists, pulmonary oncologists, ENT physicians, thoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and intensive care specialists and their teams.